Hal
noun
a male given name, form of Harold.
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Hal
1 American
[hal]
/ hæl /
noun
HAL
2
American
abbreviation
hal-
3
American
hal-
British
combining form
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Chief Executive Hal Lawton said he isn’t satisfied with Tractor Supply’s recent performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
“For as long as I can remember, Hal has been a steady, comforting presence on our television screens,” Holly Robinson Peete wrote in her Instagram tribute Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
In 1920 he began working for the Hal Roach Studios, and started starring in films for Roach three years later.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The owners of sports teams or venues were among the sources of tickets, including New Orleans Saints owner Gayle Benson and Hal Steinbrenner, whose family has owned the New York Yankees since 1973.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
But Mercedes interfered, crying, “Oh, Hal, you mustn’t,” as she caught hold of the whip and wrenched it from him.
From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London
Halliburton HAL -0.31%decrease; down pointing triangle logged higher earnings and revenue in the second quarter thanks to gains in both its North American and overseas markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
The CAA said it was looking at four potential changes to how HAL is governed.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
The power of the waltz here is how it humanizes the space station as it’s about to be taken over by an inanimate AI, namely the computer called HAL.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2024
Long before the advent of Alexa and Siri, the Amazon and Apple digital vocal assistants, there was HAL, the talking onboard computer that steals the show in Stanley Kubrick’s groundbreaking 2001 film.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 26, 2023
HAL turned quickly, to see if any of his men had been hit.
From Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants or, Serving Old Glory as Line Officers by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
Dutch and Ger.; all are from the Teutonic base hal-, pre-Teut. kal-, to cover; cf.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
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